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1Sexual assault victim advocate Christine Hansen sympathizes with Cornum's reticence.
2The only publicly available information Cornum could offer is her guide to military health care workers.
3A 20-year-old sergeant was present during Cornum's assault but could not intervene, an experience that can be traumatizing.
4They could also be sexually assaulted, as was Rhonda Cornum when she was taken prisoner in the first Gulf War.
5But Cornum does warn against focusing too much attention on the issue of rape when it comes to female POWs.
6She concurs with Cornum's view that the focus on sexual assault and POWs should be on men and women equally.
7Neither Cornum, a medical doctor and an Army colonel, nor Pentagon officials can discuss POW training strategies for obvious security reasons.
8A flight surgeon on a 1991 search and rescue mission in Iraq, Cornum was captured when her helicopter was shot down.